it's 22 past the hour. wonderful. here with us now creator of the blog are for "the new york times," nate silver. nate is the author of the book "the signal and the noise: why so many predictions fail but some don't." >> well, well, well. >> and it's very good to have you on the show this morning. >> it's great to have you here. >> thank you, joe. >> very good to have you here. by the way, we didn't bet because we love humanity too much, and we made a contribution, mika. >> that's nice. >> in nate's name. >> when i talk to friends i have down in new jersey, people, i think, don't realize how devastating the storm was. >> the scope. i still think, looking at pictures last night on facebook, my husband facebooks with channel 7, and i don't facebook, but he was showing me the pictures he was posting on facebook. it is unbelievable still the damage and destruction and the people who were left out in the cold, the people who are hungry from the effects. >> americares does great work. we have a lot to talk about. >> sure. >